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Webster 1913 Edition
Spence
Spence
,Noun.
1.
A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry.
In . . . his
spence
, or “pantry” were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately slaughtered. Sir W. Scott.
Bluff Harry broke into the
And turned the cowls adrift.
spence
,And turned the cowls adrift.
Tennyson.
2.
The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place where the family sit and eat.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spence
SPENCE
,Noun.